USPTO Patents Application 09887738

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DECLARATION/POWER OF ATTORNEY

As a below named inventor, I hereby declare that:

My residence, post office address and citizenship are as stated below next to my name.

I believe I am the original, first and sole inventor (if only one name is listed below) or an original,
first and joint inventor (if plural names are listed below) of the subject matter which is claimed
and for which a patent is sought on the invention entitled "SPRING SHAFT FOR PIPE
□ CLEANING APPARATUS"

m the specification of which:

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(X) is attached hereto*

( ) was filed on as Application Serial No.

S 1 hereby state that I have reviewed and understand the contents of the above identified specifica-
2' tion, including the claims, as amended by any amendment referred to above.

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m I acknowledge the duty to disclose information which is material to the examination of this
pi application in accordance with Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, § 1.56(a).

I hereby claim foreign priority benefits under Title 35, United States Code, Section 119 of any
rf foreign applications) for patent or inventor's certificate listed below and have also identified
r " below any foreign application for patent or inventory certificate having a filing date before that

of the application on which priority is claimed:

100 32 144.5-15 Germany 01 07 2000 Yes OO No ( )

(Number) (Country) (Day/Month/Year Filed) Priority Claimed

U.S. Priority Applications

I hereby claim the benefit under Title 35, United States Code, Section 120 of any United States
application(s) listed below and, insofar as the subject matter of each of the claims of the applica-
tion is not disclosed in the prior United States application in the manner provided by the first
paragraph of Tide 35, United States Code, Section 112, I acknowledge the duty to disclose
material information as defined in Tide 37, Code of Federal Regulations, Section §1 56(a) which
occurred between the filing date of the prior application and the national or PCT international
filing date of this application:

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(Status patented/pending/abandoned)

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(Status patented/pending/abandoned)

Power of Attorney

I hereby appoint the following attorneys and patent agents to prosecute this applica-
tion and transact all business in the Patent and Trademark Office connected therewith: John
R Lynch, Reg. No, 20,940; Peter F, Felfe, Reg. No, 20,297; Norman D. Hanson, Reg. No.
30,946; John A, Bauer, Reg. No, 32,554; JamesZubok, Reg. No. 38,67 1 ; James R. Crawford,
Reg. No. 39,155, C Andrew Im, Reg. No. 40,657; and David Rubin, Reg. No. 40,314; my
attorneys with full power of substitution and revocation.

I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and that all
statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and further that these state-
ments were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are
punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States
Code and that such willfiil false statements m^eoparditee the validity of the application or any
patent issued thereon. In^jnli I

FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10103

( 1 ) Helmut Rothenberger
Full Name/Sole or First Inventor

Residence:

Am \yiesenhang 8
D-61462 Konigstei
Germany

Citizenship: Germany

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Post Office Address:

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